Tag: Bethlehem
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New Israeli military tactic: Headbutting in Al- Ma’asara
by Alistair George 28 October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank The Israeli military violently obstructed a peaceful demonstration against the Israeli separation wall in Al-Ma’sara, near Bethlehem, today. Around 25 Palestinians and a similar number of international observers marched from the village at 12:20 PM today and attempted to reach olive groves on…
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House Demolition: Jab’a resident insists he will rebuild again
10th October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank. On 10th October 2011 at 5am Israeli forces demolished a family home in the village of Al Jab’a, about 15 km southwest of Bethlehem. The owner, Sheikh Nasri, was farming his land at the time of the demolition. Nasri, 50, had been constructing the house for…
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Olive trees destroyed outside Bethlehem
31 May 2011 | International Solidarity Movement This morning Maher Abu Sab’a’ discovered that 248 out of the 250 olive tree saplings that had recently been planted on his land had been destroyed over-night. The saplings which had been planted three months previously had been systematically uprooted from the earth and broken with their remains…
